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Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
Desktop Shortwave receiver
SmartSDR transceiver

General

HAM bands ? 160m  80m  40m  20m  15m  6m  2m  10m  160m  80m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  17m (WARC)  15m  12m (WARC)  11m (CB)  6m  10m 
Freq. stability ? ? 0.5 p.p.m. TCXO
Tuning steps ? ? 1 Hz

Receiver

RX-range LW / MW / 51.7-29.9 / 87-108 MHz 1.7-2.3 / 2.5-4.1 / 6.9-7.5 / 13.9-14.5 /
20.9-21.5 / 27.9-30.1 MHz
30 kHz – 77 MHz
Modulations AM   W-FM Stereo   SSB   AM   CW   SSB   AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
Sensitivity ? ? CW Noise floor (MDS), 400 Hz BW
0.137 MHz: –125 dBm
0.475 MHz: –133 dBm
1.0 MHz: –136 dBm
3.5 MHz: –136 dBm
14 MHz: –136 dBm
50 MHz –120 –126 –136
70 MHz –116 –123 –133
AM 10 dB (S+N)/N, 1 kHz, 30% modulation, 6 kHz BW
1.0 MHz: 1.00 µV
3.8 MHz: 1.00 µV
29.0 MHz: 1.19 µV
50.4 MHz: 1.38 µV
FM 12 dB SINAD, 16 kHz BW
29 MHz: 0.40 µV
52 MHz: 0.44 µV
70 MHz: 0.59 µV
Selectivity ? ? 400 Hz or more, software defined
Filters ? ? Software defined
Receiver system Double conversion superheterodyne ? SDR, Direct Digital Sampling
IF-freqs. ? ? ?
Image rejection ? ? ≥ 100 dB
Audio output ? ? 1W diagnostic speaker

Transmitter

TX-range - - 160-6 m
Modulations - - AM   AM-sync   N-FM   CW   USB   LSB   DSB   RTTY  
RF-output ? ? 1-100W SSB, CW, FM, RTTY, DIGITAL; 1-30W AM

Connections

Antenna Built-in ferrite bar + Built-in sweep - BNC + SO-239
Impedance ? 50 Ω 5-500Ω
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. 6V DC batteries or 6V DC external Mains 13.8V DC ± 15%
Current RX ? 50 W 1.5 A
TX - - 23 A

Physical

Manufactured Between 200x and 200x Between 19xx and 19xx in Japan Between 2013 and 20xx in USA
Dimensions 184 × 120 × 40 mm
(7.24 × 4.72 × 1.57 in)
368.3 × 165.1 × 292.1 mm
(14.50 × 6.50 × 11.50 in)
330 × 305 × 102 mm
(12.99 × 12.01 × 4.02 in)
Weight 510 gr (1.1 lbs) 11.34 kg (25.0 lbs) 5.90 kg (13.0 lbs)
Form factor Handheld Base Station Headless

Other features

Memories ? ? ?
Usage Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features ? ? SDR (Software Defined Radio)
Ethernet

CPU / DSP: TMS320DM8168CYG2
RISC processor: 1.2 GHz ARM CortexTM-A8/NEONTM
DSP processor: 1.0 GHz TMS320C647x 32-bit FP
DSP Floating Point Operations: 78 GFLOPS
Accessories ? ? ?
MPN GRUNDIG-YACHT-BOY-000080-(WR5408-PLL) YAESU-FRDX-000400 FLEXRADIO-FLEX-006500